ABSTRACT
Most philosophy of sex implicitly or explicitly assumes that the people engaged in sexual activity are conventionally able-bodied. As in many areas of philosophy and other fields of research, people with disabilities are largely side-lined, if their existence is acknowledged at all. To begin to remedy this, the chapter begins by summarising empirical knowledge of the sexual activity of people with disabilities. It then discusses how a disability lens changes questions in the philosophy of sex, including questions about attractiveness, consent, and the involvement of third parties. The chapter concludes with suggestions for how barriers to people with disabilities expressing their sexuality can ethically be removed.
